Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 15, 2024

My Journey to Overcome Burnout In 2012, after selling my most successful company for US$169 million, I hit the pause button on entrepreneurship to try to understand why I felt so miserable personally through so much of that 10-year journey. Sounds luxurious, doesn’t it? Here’s what does work for entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2015

The basic premise of the article is that Amazon breeds a culture where it’s work hard, sacrifice personal life, succeed and climb ahead or be tossed aside. They are personal choices. It’s the most ambitious and has had the most impact on our daily lives basically creating the modern category of retailing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. Jeff and his peer group have done an excellent job at creating a new category of seed-stage VC.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2025

Dubbed the worlds first human-centered AI coach, MAXIOM integrates DNA, biometrics, wearable technology, and adaptive artificial intelligence to deliver personalized guidance through simple conversationsno dashboards, no guesswork, just real-time precision advice. What Makes MAXIOMs AI Coach Unique?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. If you tried to shop Amazon for just one of these categories?—?where What started as sheets now has dozens of SKU’s.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Be intentional about spending time regularly with your family and friends so personal relationships will thrive. Master Your Inner Game Dhiren Harchandani (EO Dubai) mastered his inner game and coaches others on how to master theirs and enjoy both business success and personal fulfillment. Carve out time with loved ones.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2018

I had a connection to my own personal trip concierge and a custom app that outlined my trip. The events of the last year affected this team personally--being LGBTQ and female founders, as well as having a Dreamer on the team. I'm also excited to see Iceland in two weeks!!

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Making entrepreneurs grab a random coffee with someone they haven't spoken to in a while just so that person can write up an intro to you wastes at least two people's time. In today's world, who *isn't* connected to you somehow? VCs have an inflated sense of the value of their own time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 20, 2022

Sometimes these accounts belong to celebrities, TV personalities or other famous people who are more popular than influential. They’re also the second most popular category of influencers on Instagram and have a follower count between 20k and 100k. That means most influencers fall into this category. . Mid-tier influencers.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

I mention this because Greg led our investment in a company that I have personally become addicted to called Draft. If you were a new developer in this category you often had to sub-contract in a fees-for-service arrangement to build for the big guys.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 15, 2020

Moreover, what if firms were required to publicly disclose those numbers—not to a person, but to a category? Mentorship and the building of track records within other people’s firms is an important pathway to partner, even in your own fund.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 3, 2025

Could be pinning their thesis on a category of technology or type of founder that isn’t yet understood by the investment community. But we’re interested in taking this risk when the person and opportunity warrants it. Or contrarian in the number of companies and/or dollars invested per company compared to their peers.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2025

Omnidian is a category creator addressing one of the clean power sectors biggest pain pointsuptime and maintenancewhile offering a world-class customer experience, said Ichiro Miyoshi, CEO and CIO of Marunouchi. The firms value proposition is resonating globally. With over 375 team members and a footprint that now spans from the U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 18, 2016

At least 44% of the companies I've invested in have had at least one female, person of color or LGBTQ founder. Mixing up these different categories has not only provided great return opportunities, but it's also a really interesting experience for me. Most of the time, I'm investing in teams with ideas, not quite products.

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Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

As short-form media consumption and the effectiveness of influencer-style marketing have increased, and as enterprises continue to search for better customer acquisition and engagement channels, podcasting has been fueled to a multi-billion-dollar category with nearly 2M shows hosted in 2020¹. Stay tuned! [1]

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. MyTime personally vets each merchant. We like that it is 1000x better than having to call restaurants on the phone, be put on hold or call during normal business hours to book appointments.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

These “warm” relationships then prove to be critical when opportunities enable a person who has done this well to see a possibility and mobilize a network. This makes following some of the practices I discuss in the book to streamline collaboration critical for both performance and well-being. Conversely, what is essential collaboration?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 10, 2022

When I read the news a few weeks ago that Elon Musk had offered to buy Twitter, I wrote this: Twitter is too important to be owned and controlled by a single person. Longer-term, Twitter should move to a fully decentralized protocol, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, but that will take some time to do. The opposite should be happening.

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Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

Pinduoduo, on the other hand, has tried to mimic the offline shopping experience online by building community via their team purchase model, driving engagement via fun and interactive games and rewards, and offering personalized experiences and value via recommendations. Creating Value by Offering Personalized Recommendations.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

I've grouped them into categories to make things easier to scan, but keep in mind: the best ads don't always fit neatly into a box. Shopify This Shopify ad features a creator who shows you how easy it is to accept in-person payments using Shopify's tap-to-pay feature on your phone.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Switching from the norm in your category introduces friction. How about a 50 person SaaS company? Modern behavioral economics points toward three-part tariffs as potentially the optimal structure, especially when the number of vendors in a category is small. Application software companies typically sell seats.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

I think we will see a lot of startups in this category go under or taken out in fire sales in the first half of 2023. I am more bullish on ETH personally because it has the best underlying economic model of any web3 asset. I think web3 will behave similarly in some respects but different in others.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

This years categories of FinTech , Life Sciences , and Environmental Impact reflect Delawares evolving innovation and industry landscape. The finals for each of the three categories will take place in person during a different industry event taking place in Wilmington.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2015

“As the readership of AVC grew, it became a lot less personal. No Category' I guess that happens to us all if you develop a large enough audience. Fred Wilson said as much in his blog post today, too. That was a conscious decision on my part.” Occasionally I will add or delete paragraphs but not often.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We had different categories and one was philanthropy. Wherever you find your inspiration, make sure it is a place or person that you can always look back on. I gave him my cork and told him to pass it on to the next person. “When I joined EO almost 10 years ago, my Forum did an activity around bucket lists. ” 2.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

 —  @jasonlk How the Long Game Has Benefitted Upfront I was thinking about it this morning in particular and thinking about my own personal investment history. Our goal is to produce a $10 billion+ winner and remain the market leader in this SaaS category of AI in Sales & Marketing.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Forward it to a friend, share it on Twitter, and follow my personal blog for more content. is a really apt term is I’m just naming certain categories of software that I know well, but I fail to see a future where all of those [categories], given the advances in compute and data and algorithms, don’t get more intelligent.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Secondly, I am fascinated by the potential of AI to personalize the shopping journey. It analyzes user preferences, purchase history, and even visual data from images, so we can provide highly personalized recommendations. Our AI engine goes beyond simple price comparisons. Prizeskout represents the future of e-commerce.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Well, for starters, you’d imagine that someone who is going to be ok with showing a zero is someone who probably feels like they have something to fall back on as well as someone whose personal and even family financial situation is strong enough to take the hit during prime earning years.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 18, 2021

However, in order to be compliant with privacy legislation, you must dig deeper to understand what personal data (information that identifies a natural person) you process, what you do with it, who processes it on your behalf and the legal justification you have to carry out such activities. Do you need them at all?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

You want to send just enough to get the meeting (and of course a great deck sells better than a long email) and not so long that you don’t leave a chance to wow the person in your actual meeting. Compelling. Visually stunning (in this day and age this is becoming a sine qua non ). But what about the privacy / confidentiality concern?

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StartupNation

JULY 7, 2025

The two main categories are open-ended and closed-ended questions. We can broadly categorize market research questions into a few key types, and understanding these categories will help you craft the most impactful questionnaires and interview guides for your specific research goals. How often do you purchase products in this category?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Reducing waste is key to meeting environmental milestones, and some retail firms have narrowed in on a unique approach to minimize what their customers throw away: personalization. Accurate personalization can guide consumers to the right products, reducing waste while increasing conversion and loyalty.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 10, 2024

You’re up there carrying different weights, trying to balance your career, family life, health, and personal growth. Keep it SIMPLE I think of the flaps of a plane as six different life categories. Modern life is like walking a tight rope high above the ground every single day. Some people call this Spirituality. Third, your Money.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

Safeware’s Smart Airbag product has been recognized as the gold winner in the ‘Personal Technology – Smart Wearable’ category at the prestigious Edison Awards 2023 held in Fort Myers, Florida, USA. Register Korean human safety technology company Safeware Inc.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Take these ideas as inspirational — they aren’t limits, nor should the borders of these categories be seen as anything but liminal. Mental health treatment itself is getting a makeover as startups reinvigorate the in-person therapist and psychiatrist visit as well as think about new models of delivering mental health services virtually.

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Startup Grind

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

My history being in product development and category management, taught me that. The ‘new consumer’ wants a story, they actually want to know the person behind the brand. It’s also part of your personality. A : Do you feel like the Type-A/’never switch off’ personality ever disadvantages you? I am who I am.

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